Kou Tong had lost the threat he posed and was no longer a concern for the time being. Three opponents had become two. Chu Zhaoyang hadn't been a Heaven Immortal for long, but his methods were formidable. The ten golden suns formed by his Void Art crossed over one another, their beams converging into ten golden pillars that sealed Lu Xiaotian off from another direction. Chu Zhaoyang had clearly anticipated his spatial abilities. Now that both of their domains had unfolded, there was nowhere left for Lu Xiaotian to slip away. He had to meet them head-on—unless he could break through their combined blockade.
Lu Xiaotian stepped forward through the air without haste and swung the Fangtian Halberd. An ancient, barbaric aura swept outward as invisible spatial force cleaved into several golden beams like a giant axe.
A huge crack split open in the golden beams, and the Fangtian Halberd surged through it.
Behind him, the Fire Lotus Immortal Saber slashed down again and again, striking Lu Xiaotian's body and splitting it apart. Yet the sense of foreboding in Lin Jing's heart only grew stronger.
Buzz! A golden shield appeared around Chu Zhaoyang, enclosing him completely. With Lu Xiaotian's keen eyesight, he could clearly see a phantom Black Tortoise with a qilin's head and a turtle's body swimming within the golden shield. Given Chu Zhaoyang's strength, he couldn't possibly have refined such a powerful defensive treasure himself. It was undoubtedly something Netherworld Immortal Lord had left him to save his life. It had indeed blocked Lu Xiaotian's devastating strike just now, but Lu Xiaotian had been prepared for that. His primary target wasn't Chu Zhaoyang, but Lin Jing behind him—the one with the deepest cultivation.
The mighty sweep of that halberd pressed down on Chu Zhaoyang until he could barely